French leisure airline Corsair is evaluating the launch of long-haul flights from Germany, provided negotiations with potential new shareholders have been completed successfully.
By Jens Flottau, Bill Carey, Sean Broderick, Ben Goldstein
A recent IATA survey has shown that passenger concerns are flying are still paramount. Aviation Week editors Sean Broderick, Bill Carey, Ben Goldstein and Jens Flottau discuss what airlines and airports can realistically do to protect passengers from being infected with COVID-19 and what the role of governments should be.
JetBlue Airways will pull out of southern California’s Long Beach Airport (LGB) as it looks to consolidate its greater Los Angeles area service at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Since the passage of the CARES Act in late March, labor unions have fretted over the possibility of a mass wave of layoffs as soon as the law’s ban on involuntary payroll reductions expires Oct. 1.
UK firm European Aviation plans to convert “up to 10” Airbus A340-600s to freighters as the shortage of bellyhold cargo capacity in passenger aircraft prevails.
African countries are beginning to reopen their borders and allow airlines to resume flights, but carriers like Air Namibia, fastjet and South African Airways (SAA) are still facing stiff headwinds.
LONDON—Ireland-based ULCC Ryanair and cabin crew union Unite have agreed to temporary salary reductions in return for retaining jobs among the airline’s UK personnel.
European states are sowing confusion among travelers by failing to take a uniform approach to easing restrictions on pandemic-related air transport bans, warned representatives of the continent’s airlines and airports.
Hawaiian Airlines is preparing to return most of its Airbus A321neo fleet to active service as the carrier ramps up flights between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland.
The total number of scheduled seats offered by airlines around the world is on course to break the 50 million barrier next week—the first time the figure will have been achieved in more than three months.
